Defn: The act of hurrying in motion or business; pressure; urgency;
bustle; confusion.
Ambition raises a tumult in the soul, it inflames the mind, and puts
into a violent hurry of thought. Addison.
Syn.
— Haste; speed; dispatch. See Haste.
HURRYINGLY
Hur"ry*ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a hurrying manner.
HURRY-SKURRY Hur"ry-skur`ry, adv. Etym: [An imitative word; cf. Sw. skorra to rattle, snarl, E. scurry.]
Defn: Confusedly; in a bustle. [Obs.] Gray.
HURST Hurst, n. Etym: [OE. hurst, AS. hyrst; akin to OHG. hurst, horst, wood, thicket, G. horst the nest of a bird of prey, an eyerie, thicket.]
Defn: A wood or grove; — a word used in the composition of many names, as in Hazlehurst.
HURT Hurt, n. (Mach.) (a) A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions. (b) A husk. See Husk, 2.
HURT Hurt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hurt; p. pr. & vb. n. Hurting.] Etym: [OE. hurten, hirten, horten, herten; prob. fr. OF. hurter, heurter, to knock, thrust, strike, F. heurter; cf. W. hyrddu to push, drive, assault, hwrdd a stroke, blow, push; also, a ram, the orig. sense of the verb thus perhaps being, to butt as a ram; cf. D. horten to push, strike, MHG. hurten, both prob. fr. Old French.]